New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 eBook

March 22—­Rotterdam reports that German
aviators are aiming bombs indiscriminately at ships
in the North Sea, one Taube dropping five bombs near
a Belgian relief ship; airmen of Allies drop bombs
on Mulheim, injuring three German soldiers.

March 23—­German aeroplane aims seven bombs
at British steamer Pandion, all missing; Paris Temps
says that authorities plan hereafter to fight Zeppelins
by aeroplanes over Paris, something which had hitherto
been avoided because of danger to Parisians.

March 24—­British airmen, in dash on Antwerp
shipyards, destroy one German submarine and damage
another; German aviators aim bombs and arrows at British
freighter Teal, doing little damage.

March 26—­French drop bombs on Metz, killing
three soldiers; little damage to property.

March 29—­Germans state that during recent
raid on Strassburg, bombs dropped by allied aviators
killed two children and wounded seven others and one
woman.

March 30—­Copenhagen reports that two Zeppelins
have been badly damaged by a storm while manoeuvering
for a raid on England; Turkish seaplane drops bombs
on British warship outside Dardanelles.

March 31—­Thirty German soldiers are killed
and sixty wounded near Thourout, Belgium, by bombs
dropped by airmen of Allies; fifteen German aeroplanes
drop 100 bombs at Ostrolenka, Russia; German aeroplane
aims bomb at Dutch trawler in North Sea, but misses
her.

AUSTRIA.

March 1—­Two Czech regiments revolt.

March 2—­It is learned that the troops executed
200 civilians in Stanislau.

March 17—­Conviction is stated to prevail
in Vienna that war with Italy is inevitable in the
near future; many Austrians are declared to be indignant
that Germany is trying to force the nation to cede
territory to Italy.

March 18—­Russian prisoners and Galician
refugees are working on defensive fortifications in
the Trentino, which are being prepared in event of
war with Italy; heavy guns are being mounted in the
mountain passes; fleet is again concentrated at Pola;
Austria and Serbia agree to exchange interned men
under 18 or over 50, and also women.

March 22—­Men up to 52 are now being trained
for active service; men formerly rejected as unfit
are being called to the colors.

March 24—­Five hundred thousand troops are
massed in Southern Tyrol and the Trentino; many villages
near the Italian frontier have been evacuated and
many houses destroyed by dynamite, so as to afford
better range for the big guns.